Stupid Messenger Pop Ups

[Mr. Elmo]

im so sick of the "window messenger" pop ups. every times one pups up, cs get minimize and i usually get killed. if i leave my comp on for abotu 8 hours, i will end up closign about 50 of them. how do you get rid of these things...i dont think regular pop ups blocker will work. its not the cookies or w/e cuz i formated my hdd

[4th gen]

The simple way is to use this (http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm) tool.
The more complex way is to disable the messenger service by running "services.msc" through command prompt and stopping "Messenger"

[james_bond_rulez]

GRC "shoot the messenger" (http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm)

couldn't be more politically correct :lol:

ShootTheMessenger.exe (http://grc.com/files/ShootTheMessenger.exe)

damn U!!!! beat me 1 sec earier :angry:

[[B][O][T]]

Get ride of Windows Messenger:

Right click here (http://www.home.no/k-lite/windows_messengerXP_remover.zip) and choose save as.

Unzip the file and run the file.

Download MSN Messenger instead.

BOT

[Lite]

The pop-ups have nothing to do with windows messenger [B][O][T] ;)

Do as 4th gen said and it'll work fine :D

btw, if you have SP1 installed you can removed windows messenger via add or remove windows componants B)

[muchspl2]

why do you guys use a program
1.start > run
2. type services.msc then hit enter
3. ???
4. disable messenger
5. profit


http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

[DWk]

The messenger service RULES - I like to mess with my friends at the uni, sending messages like "Thank you for infecting your computer with MyDOOM. Press OK to start hard drive deletion" :P

A friend got REALLY scared yesterday lol. :lol:

[Mr. Elmo]

ty everybody for your hlep....thank your....i love you 4th gen...... :wub: :wub: :wub:

[[B][O][T]]

:) sorry about My post....I should have read better :)

BOT

[4th gen]

Originally posted by muchspl2@31 January 2004 - 09:55
why do you guys use a program
Re-read my first post ;)

You're welcome Mr. Elmo... :)

[Mr. Elmo]

if i do it through command promt, which one do i gotta close? all of them?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Mr. Elmo@31 January 2004 - 17:35
if i do it through command promt, which one do i gotta close? all of them?
Just disable "Messenger"